The problem with long distance collegiality is just that…out of sight out of mind. #nwpam15. F2F draws all the O2 from the room. Sighs.

— Terry Elliott (@telliowkuwp) November 19, 2015

This morning some NWP folks organized a short tweetchat on the idea of defining collegiality. Tried to synchronously share this morning during #nwpam15 using Hackpad.  It was an improvisation where I tried to create a “poor folks zeega”.  I opened the pad to anyone who wanted to play.  Janelle Bence was the only taker. A bit ironic and funny in a discussion of collegiality to have only one colleague to respond. Well, many thanks, Janelle. Without you it might have slipped into savage irony.

I have learned to be a Stoic about the lack of participation in these adhoc ‘sandboxes’.  It is too gritty for most or maybe they already have their dance card full.  I will keep offering up these collegialities for all even if they end up being lonely treehouses. If the roof is tight, treehouses can be marvelous places to play by yourself if only to here a voice rising up from below, “Can I come up?”